Next New Wave Competition

The Next New Wave award - acknowledging the best Malaysia short film. This award aims to discover new directorial voices coming out from the Malaysian film scene. Selection committee of Next New Wave Award are the local film school educators: Charles Leary (Multimedia University), Leong Yew Sen (New Era College University) and Yow Chong Lee (UNIMAS). Our Jury members for the Next New Wave Award are Shanjhey Kumar Perumal, Sahrifah Armani and Aditya Assarat.

Screening Details:

SSM 01 (NNW Competition 1)

May 12, 2017 I 1515 - 1615 I FINDARS Art Gallery

May 13, 2017 I 1400 - 1500 I Checkmate Creative

SSM 02 (NNW Competition 2)

May 12, 2017 I 1715 - 1815 I Lostgens' Contemporary Art Space

May 13, 2017 I 1600 - 1700 I Checkmate Creative

SSM 03 (NNW Competition 3)

May 13, 2017 I 1130 - 1230 I Lostgens' Contemporary Art Space

May 14, 2017 I 1330 - 1430 I Checkmate Creative

SSM 01: DOCTRINE OF TRUE LOVE

Chloe Yap Mun Ee / Malaysia / 2016 / English/Cantonese / 30min

Joanne is looking for the grey in a world of black and white, unforgivingly and ironically living a life of excess, in opposition to her initial doctrines.

Using the medium of film, performance, and an immersive environment, "Doctrine of True Love" explores how we perceive love and the idea of the ideal person. The doctrine of true love consists of four stages of perception: 1)comfort and familiarity, 2)seeking, 3)ideal, and 4)intellectual, emotional, and physical enlightenment.

This version consists of both a short fiction film and the representation of an immersion into the film. After a private screening in Malaysia, audience members were invited to another space, but not told what they would find inside. Upon entering, they met Joanne in her apartment.

Director: An aspiring filmmaker and video artist, she explores emerging ways of audio-visual storytelling that engage the senses and provoke thought. She has used different methods and explored different processes in her filmmaking, and constantly searches for ways to experiment with what’s possible for the ‘cinematic’ medium. But she mostly uses the film and video medium to confront her personal struggles and questions, currently exploring themes along the lines of sexuality, gender, intimacy and love.

Producer: Low Zheng Yii

SSM 01: A FLOWER'S EYES I 老師在那裡

Tham Wai Fook / Malaysia / 2016 / Malay/Mandarin / 14min

Eight students of different ethnic background are learning Mandarin at a tuition class.They are behind in their schoolwork but are learning happily with their gentle, caring teacher in a natural environment. A beautiful bond awakens a pure heart.

Director: Tham Wai Fook is a self-taught filmmaker, started writing and directing short films in 2003 and has now produced and directed more than 10 short films. One of his short films, Xiao has recorded over 3 million views on YouTube. Wai Fook was in charge of Sense Club, a film appreciation club. Also a movie critic, he is the founder and curator of “Beautiful Malaysia” short film roadshow.

Producer: Foo Mee Teng

SSM 01: JOYOUS OF RED AND WHITE I 紅白喜事

Sim Seng Hing / Malaysia / 2016 / Mandarin/Hokkien / 14min

In 1980s, female rubber tapper face the phenomenon of female inequality. Shu Fang has only two daughters, she was pregnant but didn't know that's boy or girl. Because Shu Fang's belly is round, so her husband's mother believes that must be a girl.

Director: Sim Seng Hing is 20 years old studying broadcasting in One World Hanxing College, where located in Cheras,KL. "Joyous of red and white" is his first short film. The story of the film is based on his mother’s true story. Before shooting the first short film, He has a youtube channel who named沈成兴, and facebook page,蛇精工作室 to share his video for anyone who interested too. The next short film that he is going to prepare is his school's graduation work, it also based on true story of his family.

Producer: Lu Ying Ni

SSM 02: THE TASTE OF PINEAPPLE I 黃梨的滋味

Won Jun Yap / Malaysia / 2016 / Mandarin / 22min

A girl who got pregnant accidentally with her broke up boyfriend.She felt guilty to having this life in her body.This is a story about a girl accept and forced to give up a new life in her body.

Director: Won Jun Yap is a new student director who study Drama & Visual in New Era College with passion.

SSM 02: WHEN IT'S TIME TO GROW UP I AMAN NAK BESAR?

Affendi Azizan / Malaysia / 2016 / Sarawakian Malay / 11min

“Aman Nak Besar?” or "When it's Time to Grow Up" depicts the story of a boy, Aman and his journey to undergo circumcision. Accompanied by his parents, Aman observes and learns through this special day of him in a seemingly mundane everyday life.

Director: Affendi Azizan, an independent filmmaker from Sarawak, Malaysia. His best achievement was winning the special jury award in 1st Creative Visual Awards organised by Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2012 for his short film called “Buatan Malaysia”. After 4 years, he grab back a seat as a director and direct a short film title "Aman Nak Besar?" the title in Malay language or in English call "When it's Time to Grow Up".

SSM 002: THE WHEEL

Alison Khor / Malaysia / 2016 / Malay / 6min

An undelivered letter to hometown delivered to the abandoned house, a tragedy in an unknown corner of the south, circulating like the wheel of life. Inspired by “The Wheel”, a poem written by William Butler Yeats.

Director: Alison graduated from New Era College Drama & Visuals Department(Malaysia) in year 2010, and finished her degree in film making from Shih Hsin University(Taiwan) in 2014.She's currently a video maker,theatre practitioner and also singer-songwriter of a music duo JacAl Map.Her experimental short film<24/7> and <Faithfully Young> has screened in Germany,Sweden,Belgium,Korea,Japan,Taiwan and Macau.She had been invited to several festivals such as Kakiseni Arts Exchange, Macau Fringe Festival, DongTaiDu Music Festival.Her films pursue a certain kind of silent accuse, as an attempt to create a naked and powerful segment, and furthermore allowing people to rethink about incidents that happened around them.

SSM 002: FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN I 一號AH MAY

Jacky Yeap / Malaysia / 2016 / Cantonese / 23min

A 24-year-old young boy breaks up with his girlfriend. That night, he meets a mysterious older woman, Ah May. Ah May’s resemblance to his mother piques his interest and encourages him to approach her.

Director: Jacky Yeap born at Taiping, a small town which looks like Paris, it is a peace, quiet, and slow rhythm place. Jacky moved to Sarawak to pursue his degree. In year 2015, he graduated from University Malaysia Sarawak with major in film making. When he was young, he love to watch Malaysian Drama because he felt that the environment shown in the Drama make it look “very Malaysia”. Then, he decided to visual method to capture “Malaysia” and share it with peoples around the world. Jacky has produced 4 short films, and all of them had one similarity, that is a shot showing [I Love You Lau Shu Lin] is appeared in all the films. He said, all his films must show this shot until the girl see the film.

Producer: Woon Xiao Rui

SSM 003: 1304KM: GIRL FROM SUMATRA I 1304公里：蘇門答臘女孩

Lim Han Loong / Malaysia / 2016 / Bahasa Indonesia / 12min

Di (22), a maid who travelled from Sumatra to work in Kuala Lumpur, takes care of a lonely elder man. She sees KLCC everyday, and longs to visit there, yet she can't leave her workplace due to the nature of her job.

Director: Lim Han Loong is an aspiring young filmmaker graduated from University Science of Malaysia (USM) with a Bachelor Degree of Communication Studied (Film & Broadcasting). His work “The Way We Love” has been selected as a finalist of Astro New Director Award 2014, and also SKT Short Film Competition, which was recognized as ASEAN TOP 10 in the competition and screened internationally in Beijing. His recent work “1304km: Girl From Sumatra” has been selected as finalist of BMW Shorties 2016.

Producer: Putri Purnama Sugua

SSM 003: STRGE PLCE

Chloe Yap Mun Ee / Malaysia / 2016 / English / 29min

A young couple arrives at a budget hotel attempting to get a room. This is the first time they will be intimate with each other. They are two young people confronting their real desire in a strange world.

Director: Chloe Yap Mun Ee is an aspiring filmmaker and video artist, she explores emerging ways of audio-visual storytelling that engage the senses and provoke thought. She has used different methods and explored different processes in her filmmaking, and constantly searches for ways to experiment with what’s possible for the ‘cinematic’ medium. But she mostly uses the film and video medium to confront her personal struggles and questions, currently exploring themes along the lines of sexuality, gender, intimacy and love.

Producer: Yana Al-Yahya

SSM 003: REVIVAL I 十八彎

Tham Wai Fook / Malaysia / 2016 / Mandarin/Cantonese/Malay /18min

Yoong has been away from his hometown since he came to the city to pursue his dreams. Juggling between reality and dreams over the years, he has always wanted to go home as he’s exhausted. This holiday, he takes his new girlfriend to his hometown.

Director: Tham Wai Fook is a self-taught filmmaker, started writing and directing short films in 2003 and has now directed 15 short films. One of his short films，Xiao has recorded over 4 million views on YouTube. Also a movie critic, he was in charge of Sense Club, a film appreciation club， and is the founder of “Beautiful Malaysia” short film roadshow.